Section: Logical Reasoning

22) To paraphrase Oliver Wendell Holmes, taxes keep us civilized. Just look around you, at well-paved superhighways, air-conditioned schools, and modernized prisons, and you cannot help but agree with Holmes.

Which one of the following is the strongest criticism of the statement above?

1. The author never actually met Holmes.
2. The author does not acknowledge those of us who do live near highways, schools, and prisons.
3. The author does not assure us that he has been in a modernized prison.
4. The author does not offer a biographical sketch of Holmes.
5. The author does not define "civilized."

Without an implied or explicit definition of the "civilized," the relevance of the examples is vague, at best. (A) and (D) are irrelevant considerations, and (B) and (C), although possibly relevant, do not address the most apparent weakness of the passage.